QID 376377

Date Published: 2022-02-17

QID 376377: Foxit Reader Use After Free Vulnerability

Foxit Reader is a multilingual freemium PDF tool that can create, view, edit, digitally sign, and print PDF files.

Affected Versions:
Foxit PDF Reader earlier to 11.2.1.53537
Foxit PDF Editor 11.2.0.53415 and all previous 11.x versions, 10.1.6.37749 and earlier

A remote attacker can trick the victim to open a specially crafted PDF file, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to compromise vulnerable system.

CVSS V3 rated as Critical - 8.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as High - 6.8 severity.

Solution

The vendor has issued a fix (11.2.1). The updates can be downloaded from Foxit Download Web site.

Vendor References

Release Note - www.foxit.com/pdf-reader/version-history.html

CVEs related to QID 376377

CVE-2021-40420 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
Foxit Reader			www.foxit.com/support/security-bulletins.html

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